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Cerro Torre, Patagonia. The winds were very strong on that day.
From Wikipedia:
Cerro Torre is one of the most spectacular mountains of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in South America. It is located in a region which is disputed between Argentina and Chile, west of Cerro Chalten (also known as Fitz Roy). The peak is the highest in a four mountain chain: the other peaks are Torre Egger, Punta Herron, and Cerro Stanhardt. The top of the mountain often has a mushroom of rime ice, formed by the constant strong winds, increasing the difficulty of reaching the actual summit.
From National Geographic:
An Unclimbable Peak
Located in the Patagonia region of southern Argentina, 10,262-foot (3,127-meter) Cerro Torre's sheer granite walls rise more than 4,000 feet (1,219 meters) from the glacier to a summit guarded by enormous mushrooms of air-puffed snow. Because of its brutal steepness, violent weather, and lack of a clear line of ascent, many climbers had thought Cerro Torre unclimbable. That is, until January 31, 1959, when legendary Italian alpinist Cesare Maestri claimed that he and ace Austrian ice climber Toni Egger made the first ascent of the otherworldly spire. Maestri and Egger's alleged ascent—just two men in four days to the summit during an era of massive sieges by large teams on less difficult peaks—boggled the collective mind of the climbing world. Many hailed it the greatest ascent of all time.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/photography/patagonia/cerro-torre.html |
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You know, Frank, that was Argentiiiiiiiiiiiiiiina, a country where anyway nothing is what it appears to be.
For the rest, spectacular photo which I would like to emulate pretty soon, as I am going to be on the Chilean side of the Andes.
Congrats.
Olaf
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hi frank,
fantastic place. the colours and the shadows have good point. a greeting.
Hello Frank!
That's a very nice landscape! Beautiful and impressive mountaneous region down in Argentina!
Great colors and sharpness!
TFS - Congratulations!
Greetings from Brazil,
Neyvan Peçanhuk
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